M2.7 earthquake 197 km W of Langlois, Oregon
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 197 km W of Langlois, Oregon on Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 10:16 PM PDT (05:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 239 km W of Bandon, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-17 05:16:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.208° N, 126.845° W
- Region
- Oregon
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 265°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1189 km W of Langlois, Oregon · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 3.9258 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9171 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7169 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4239 km W of Bandon, Oregon · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0195 km W of Bandon, Oregon · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5off the coast of Oregon · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 2.5269 km W of Port Orford, Oregon · 1907 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9208 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2174 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
- 4.0213 km W of Bandon, Oregon · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9232 km W of Bandon, Oregon · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.8238 km W of Langlois, Oregon · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6165 km W of Langlois, Oregon · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000emtp. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.